“The Mother of God falls asleep, but death cannot hold her.
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“the Mother of God received with joy the news of her departure from earthly life and then fell asleep in the Lord
“Christ Himself called death sleep. Before raising the daughter of Jairus, He says: She is not dead, but sleeping.
“Although the Mother of God passes through death and is then taken up to heaven in body as well as in soul, she remains forever present in the world through her prayers
“the Dormition should not be understood simply as the conclusion of the earthly life of the Mother of God.
“Although the Mother of God was humble throughout her life, she was not absent. Just as the Ascension of the Lord did not mean, and did not remain, an absence from the midst of the Church, so too the passing of the Mother of God from this life into eternity did not result in an absence
“The Mother of God remains present in the world through her prayers even after her Dormition and translation to heaven
“We learn many things from the discreet way in which the Mother of God lived her life, but through her Dormition, the Church teaches us that, although she has departed, she has nevertheless not abandoned us
“But if her Son, God Himself, died, was buried and rose again, she too chose to die, like all of us, and to be laid in the tomb. Yet the tomb could not contain her.